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Brainwaves: Is AI actually thinking?
The rate at which artificial intelligence is able to replicate human behavior has increased in recent years. Does that mean it's thinking like us?
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Brainwaves: Are you in there?
Consciousness is how we are able to feel, dream and imagine. And yet -- scientists haven't figured out how consciousness definitively works. What we …
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Brainwaves: Why is the brain such a mystery?
The brain is the organ that makes us who we are. It’s our conduit between reality and thought. But somehow, we’ve only scratched the surface in under…
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The Jackpod: Fixing the past to save the future
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty has an epiphany: Retrofitting should be the defining goal of our civilization.
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It wasn't just Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark became American legends. But they didn’t explore the West alone. A new book profiles the forgotten members of the Corps of Discovery …
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Are we thinking about the Israel-Hamas conflict all wrong?
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib is a pro-Palestinian, anti-Hamas expert who grew up in Gaza City. He says a realistic path to peace in the Middle East requires …
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Should states decide what kids read in school?
Texas has a new statewide mandatory reading list for all public school students -- with whole books on the curriculum. Should other states follow sui…
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How socialism shaped Wisconsin
Wisconsin elected the first-ever socialist member of Congress in 1910, and Milwaukee was run by socialist mayors for some 50 years. Now, a Democratic…
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Why ABC says the FCC is attempting censorship
President Trump has called ABC "the worst" and "the most biased network." Now the FCC is threatening to cancel the broadcast licenses of eight ABC TV…
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The Jackpod: The politics of us against them
On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on how “affective polarization” and partisan hatred has come to define American political culture.
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